South Africa has a population of 60.95 million. So many people live in South Africa that it’s equivalent to 0.78 % of the world’s population.
In 2020, 41% of the population will be urban (25.10 million people). The median age in South Africa is 31.5 years.
South Africa’s population is equivalent to 0.78% of the total world population. We estimate the world population at 7,829,101,076 as of Wednesday, September 14, 2022.
South Africa ranks number 25 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The country has a population of 60.95 million and an average growth rate of 0.02%.
South Africa is also ranked number 24 in the world’s largest countries by a land area with 1.22 million km2 (471,443 sq mi).
South Africa is the 25th most populated country in the world, with a population of around 54 million. It has an area of 1.2 million square kilometres (470,000 square miles), which means its population density is 50 people per km2 (131 people per mi2).
The total land area is 1.22 million Km2 (469,690 sq. miles) which is equivalent to 2.5 times the size of the US. This means that this country is roughly the same size as France and Italy combined!
41% of the population is urban (25.10 million people in 2020)
The population density in South Africa is 50 per Km2 (131 people per mi2).
The population of South Africa is 42.82 million as of May 2019. This means that the density of population in South Africa is 833 people per square kilometre. The highest density was found in Johannesburg at we found 2323 people per square kilometre and the lowest one in Western Cape at 448 people per square kilometre.
The median age in South Africa is 31.5 years. The median age is the midpoint in a data set, so half of the data is below the median and half is above it. For example, if you have an even number of people and add up their ages, the result will be their median age (e.g., if there were two people 45 and 20 years old).
The global median age is 29 years but South Africa’s median age exceeds this by over five years
